keeping watch

servo, āvi, ātum, 1 (old fut. perf. servasso, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 71: servassis, an old formula in Cato, R. R. 141, 3:

servassit,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 76:

servassint,

id. As. 3, 3, 64; id. Cas. 2, 5, 16; id. Ps. 1, 1, 35; id. Stich. 4, 1, 1; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103), v. a. [cf. salus].

Lit.

In gen., to save, deliver, keep unharmed, preserve, protect, etc. (very freq. and class.; syn. salvo): Ph. Perdis me tuis dictis. Cu. Immo servo et servatum volo, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 56; cf.:

qui ceteros servavi, ut nos periremus,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 2:

pol me occidistis, amici, Non servastis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 139:

aliquem ex periculo,

Caes. B. C. 2, 41 fin.:

aliquem ex judicio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131:

vita ex hostium telis servata,

id. Rep. 1, 3, 5:

urbs ex belli ore et faucibus erepta atque servata,

id. Arch. 9, 21.—With ab and abl. (mostly post - Aug. and rare):

si tamen servari a furibus possunt,

Pall. 5, 8, 7 fin.:

super omnia Capitolium summamque rem in eo solus a Gallis servaverat,

Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 103.—Mars pater, te precor, pastores pecuaque salva servassis duisque bonam salutem mihi, etc., an old formula of prayer, Cato, R. R. 141, 3:

di te servassint semper,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 64:

di te servassint mihi,

id. Cas. 2, 5, 16; id. Ps. 1, 1, 35; id. Stich. 4, 1, 1; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103:

ita me servet Juppiter,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 24:

serva, quod in te est, filium et me et familiam,

id. Heaut. 4, 8, 4: tu me amoris magis quam honoris servavisti gratiā. Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69 (Trag. v. 316 Vahl.):

invitum qui servat idem facit occidenti,

Hor. A. P. 467:

Graeciae portus per se (i. e. Themistoclem) servatos,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 5: [p. 1684] servare rem publicam, id. Sest. 22, 49:

quoniam me unā vobiscum servare non possum, vestrae quidem certe vitae prospiciam, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 50:

impedimenta cohortesque,

id. B. C. 1, 70:

urbem insulamque Caesari,

id. ib. 2, 20:

sua,

Cato, R. R. 5, 1:

rem suam,

Hor. A. P. 329:

servabit odorem Testa,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 69:

Sabinus Vitisator, curvam servans sub imagine falcem,

keeping, retaining, Verg. A. 7, 179 et saep.:

urbem et cives integros incolumesque,

Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25:

pudicitiam liberorum ab eorum libidine tutam,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 68:

se integros castosque,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72: omnia mihi integra, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 1.— Poet. with inf.:

infecta sanguine tela Conjugibus servant parvisque ostendere natis,

Stat. Th. 9, 188.— Absol.: So. Perii, pugnos ponderat. Me. Quid si ego illum tractim tangam ut dormiat? So. Servaveris:

Nam continuas has tres noctes pervigilavi,

you would save me, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 157.—

With abl. or ab or ex and abl. of the danger or evil:

si respublica populi Romani Quiritium ad quinquennium proximum salva servata erit hisce duellis, datum donum duit, etc., an ancient votive formula,

Liv. 22, 10, 2:

Q. SERVILIVS VVLNERE SERVATVS,

Inscr. Grut. 48, 5:

omnes quattuor amissis servatae a peste carinae,

Verg. A. 5, 699.—Usu. with ex:

quo ex judicio te ulla salus servare posset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131:

urbs ex omni impetu regio servata,

id. Arch. 9, 21:

ex eo periculo,

Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

navem ex hieme marique,

Nep. Att. 10, 6.—

With abstract objects: navorum imperium servare est induperantum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 169 Müll. (Trag. v. 413 Vahl.):

imperium probe,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 7:

ordines,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26; id. B. C. 1, 44; 2, 41; cf. id. B. G. 7, 23:

ordinem laboris quietisque,

Liv. 26, 51:

praesidia indiligentius,

Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

vigilias,

Liv. 34, 9:

custodias neglegenter,

id. 33, 4:

discrimina rerum,

id. 5, 46:

concentum (fides),

Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75:

cursus,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68:

intervallum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23:

tenorem pugnae,

Liv. 30, 18:

modum,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180 et saep.:

fidem,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 63:

fidem cum aliquo,

id. Curc. 1, 2, 49; id. Merc. 3, 1, 33; Ter. And. 1, 5, 45:

fides juris jurandi saepe cum hoste servanda,

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107; cf.:

fidem de numero dierum,

Caes. B. G. 6, 36:

promissum,

Plaut. Am. 5, 3, 1:

promissa,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 23:

officia,

id. ib. 1, 11, 33:

justitiam,

id. ib. 1, 13, 41; cf.:

aequabilitatem juris,

id. Rep. 1, 34, 53:

aequitatem,

id. Off. 1, 19, 64:

jura induciarum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 85:

institutum militare,

id. ib. 3, 75; cf. id. ib. 3, 84;

3, 89: rectum animi, Hor S. 2, 3, 201: consulta patrum, leges juraque,

id. Ep. 1, 16, 41;

legem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 2:

consuetudinem,

id. Clu. 32, 89:

illud quod deceat,

id. Off. 1, 28, 97:

dignitatem,

id. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

fidem cum aliquo,

id. Phil. 7, 8, 22:

amicitiam summā fide,

id. Lael. 7, 25:

Platonis verecundiam,

id. Fam. 9, 22, 5:

aequam mentem,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 2:

nati amorem,

Verg. A. 2, 789:

conubia alicujus,

id. ib. 3, 319:

foedera,

Ov. F. 2, 159.—

In partic., to keep, lay up, preserve, reserve for the future or for some purpose (syn. reservare):

si voles servare (vinum) in vetustatem, ad alvum movendam servato,

Cato, R. R. 114, 2; Col. 12, 28, 4:

lectum Massicum,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 6; Col. 12, 28, 4; cf.:

Caecuba centum clavibus,

Hor. C. 2, 14, 26:

lapis chernites mitior est servandis corporibus nec absumendis,

Plin. 36, 17, 28, § 132:

vermes in melle,

id. 30, 13, 39, § 115:

se temporibus aliis,

Cic. Planc. 5, 13:

eo me servavi,

id. Att. 5, 17, 1:

Valerius, in parvis rebus neglegens ultor gravem se ad majora vindicem servabat,

Liv. 2, 11, 4; 10, 28, 5.—With dat.:

placet esse quasdam res servatas judicio voluntatique multitudinis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 45, 69:

in aliquod tempus quam integerrimas vires militi servare,

Liv. 10, 28:

Jovis auribus ista (carmina) Servas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 44:

causa integra Caesari servaretur, Auct. B. Alex. 35, 1: durate et vosmet rebus servate secundis,

Verg. A. 1, 207.— Poet. with ad:

ad Herculeos servaberis arcus,

Ov. M. 12, 309.—

Transf. (from the idea of the attention being turned to any thing).

To give heed to, pay attention to; to watch, observe any thing (syn. observo).

In gen.

With acc.: uxor scelesta me omnibus servat modis, Ne, etc., Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 5:

vestimenta sua,

id. ib. 2, 3, 52:

iter alicujus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 19:

Palinurus dum sidera servat,

Verg. A. 6, 338:

nubem locumque,

Ov. M. 5, 631:

nutricis limen servantis alumnae,

keeping watch over, guarding, id. ib. 10, 383:

pascentes haedos,

Verg. E. 5, 12:

vestibulum,

id. A. 6, 556:

servaturis vigili Capitolia voce Cederet anseribus,

Ov. M. 2, 538; cf.:

pomaria dederat servanda draconi,

id. ib. 4, 646.—

With rel.-clause or final: quid servas, quo eam, quid agam? Lucil. ap. Non. 387, 26:

tuus servus servet, Venerine eas (coronas) det, an viro,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 60:

cum decemviri servassent, ut unus fasces haberet,

Liv. 3, 36, 3:

servandum in eo ante omnia, ut, etc.,

Plin. 17, 17, 28, § 124:

ut (triumviri) servarent, ne qui nocturni coetus fierent,

Liv. 39, 14 fin.; Col. 8, 5, 13.—

Absol., to stay, keep watch, or guard: Eu. Intus serva. Sl. Quippini Ego intus servem? an, ne quis aedes auferat? Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 3 sq.; cf.:

nemo in aedibus Servat,

id. Most. 2, 2, 22:

solus Sannio servat domi,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 10; Ov. M. 1, 627.— Imper.:

serva!

take care! look out! beware! Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 29; Ter. And. 2, 5, 5; id. Ad. 2, 1, 18; Hor. S. 2, 3, 59.—

In partic., in relig. lang., to observe an omen: secundam avem servat... servat genus altivolantum, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 83 and 84 Vahl.):

de caelo servare,

Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 81; id. Div. 2, 35, 74;

so of the augurs: de caelo,

id. Vatin. 6, 15; id. Sest. 61, 129; id. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Att. 2, 16, 2; 4, 3, 3:

caelum servare,

Lucr. 5, 395:

fulgura caeli,

id. 6, 429.—

To keep to, remain in a place (i. e. to keep watch there); to dwell in, inhabit (ante-class. and poet.):

nunc te amabo, ut hanc hoc triduum solum sinas Esse hic et servare apud me,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 107:

tu nidum servas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 6:

atria servantem postico falle clientem,

id. ib. 1, 5, 31:

nymphae sorores, Centum quae silvas, centum quae flumina servant,

Verg. G. 4, 383:

immanem hydrum Servantem ripas,

id. ib. 4, 459:

sola domum et tantas servabat filia sedes,

id. A. 7, 52:

DOMVM SERVAVIT, LANAM FECIT,

Inscr. Orell. 3848.—

In late jurid. Lat.:

servare aliquid (pecuniam) ab aliquo,

to get, obtain, receive, Dig. 17, 1, 45 fin.; so ib. 25, 5, 2; 26, 7, 61.—Hence, * servans, antis, P.a., keeping, observant; with gen.:

Rhipeus servantissimus aequi,

Verg. A. 2, 427.

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vĭgĭlĭa, ae, f. ( neutr. collat. form vĭgĭ-lĭum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 232, 4) [vigil].

Lit.

In gen., wakefulness, sleeplessness, a lying awake:

ut neque vigilia praecesserit neque ventris resolutio,

Cels. 2, 6:

corporum robora nocturnā vigiliā minuere,

id. 1 init.:

cui non sunt auditae Demosthenis vigiliae?

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44; id. Par. prooem. § 5.—

In partic.

Lit., a keeping awake for the security of a place, esp. of a city or camp, a watching, watch, guard (cf.:

excubiae, statio): noctu vigilias agere ad aedes sacras,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 93:

vestra tecta custodiis vigiliisque defendite,

id. Cat. 2, 12, 26:

exercitus stationibus vigiliisque fessus,

Liv. 5, 48, 6:

vigiles scutum in vigiliam ferre vetuit,

to take on guard, id. 44, 33, 8:

vigiliarum nocturnarum curam per urbem magistratibus mandavimus,

id. 39, 16, 12.—

Transf.

A watch, i. e. the time of keeping watch by night, among the Romans a fourth part of the night:

nox in quattuor vigilias dividitur, quae singulae trium horarum spatio supputantur,

Hier. Ep. 140, 8:

primā vigiliā capite arma frequentes,

Liv. 5, 44, 7; 10, 34, 13; 21, 27, 2:

cum puer tuus ad me secundā fere vigiliā venisset,

Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 4:

de tertiā vigiliā,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12:

tertiā vigiliā,

id. ib. 2, 33; Liv. 9, 44, 10:

de quartā vigiliā,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—

The watch, i. e. those standing on guard, watchmen, sentinels:

milites disponit, non certis spatiis intermissis sed perpetuis vigiliis stationibusque,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21; 2, 19; Cic. Mil. 25, 67; Sall. C. 32, 1; id. J. 45, 2; 100, 4; Liv. 39, 14, 10.—

A watching at religious festivals, nightly vigils:

Cereris vigiliae,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 36; 4, 10, 65.—

Trop., watchfulness, vigilance (the figure taken from military sentinels; perh. only in the foll. passages;

whereas vigilantia is far more freq.): ut vacuum metu populum Romanum nostrā vigiliā et prospicientiā redderemus,

Cic. Phil. 7, 7, 19; cf.:

quasi in vigiliā quādam consulari ac senatoriā,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1: cupio jam vigiliam meam, Brute, tibi tradere: sed ita, ut ne desim constantiae meae, my post, i. e. my office, duty, id. Fam. 11, 24, 1.— Plur.: cum summis vigiliis aliquid perficere, Just. Inst. prooem. § 1.

excŭbĭae, ārum, f. [id.], a lying out of the house.

In gen., Plaut. Cas. prol. 54.—Far more freq. and class.,

In partic., a lying out on guard, a watching, keeping watch (cf.:

custodia, vigiliae, insomnia): si haec arma, si Capitolinae cohortes, si excubiae, si vigiliae, etc.,

Cic. Mil. 25, 67; id. Phil. 7, 9, 24; id. Planc. 42, 101; Tac. A. 13, 18; id. H. 4, 11; Suet. Aug. 23; 30; Verg. A. 9, 159 et saep.:

tristes (i. e. severae) vigilum canum,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 3:

grues excubias habent nocturnis temporibus,

Plin. 10, 23, 30, § 59.— Poet.: centum [p. 680] aras posuit vigilemque sacraverat ignem, Excubias divum aeternas, Verg. A. 4, 200. —

Transf., concr., persons keeping watch, a watch, guard:

num excubias transiret,

Tac. A. 14, 44:

inter excubias militum pernoctavit,

Suet. Claud. 10.

excŭbātĭo, ōnis, f. [excubo], a watching, keeping watch. *

Lit.:

ab excubatione desistere,

Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 6.—

Trop.:

perpetua pro dignitate et salute amicorum,

Val. Max. 4, 7, 7.

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tūtēla, ae, f. [1. tutor], a watching, keeping, charge, care, safeguard, defence, protection (syn.: praesidium, cura).

Lit.

In gen.:

tutelam januae gerere,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 43:

foribus tutelam gerere,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 28:

viae,

Dig. 31, 1, 30:

suo tergo tutelam gerere,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 51:

nunc de septis, quae tutandi causā fundi fiant dicam. Earum tutelarum genera quattuor, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 1:

pecudum silvestrium,

care, management, Col. 9, praef. §

1: boum,

id. 6, 2, 15:

aselli,

id. 7, 1, 2:

tenuiorum,

support, maintenance, Suet. Caes. 68:

lanae tutelam praestant contra frigora,

Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30:

ut villarum tutela non sit oneri,

id. 18, 5, 6, § 31; 35, 3, 4, § 14:

classis,

Just. 16, 3, 9:

cum de hominis summo bono quaererent, nullam in eo neque animi neque corporis partem vacuam tutela reliquerunt,

Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 36:

tutela ac praesidium bellicae virtutis,

id. Mur. 10, 22:

Apollo, cujus in tutelā Athenas antiqui historici esse voluerunt,

id. N. D. 3, 22, 55; cf.:

quare sit in ejus tutela Gallia, cujus, etc.,

id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

intellegi volumus salutem hominum in ejus (Jovis) esse tutela,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

Juno, cujus in tutelā Argi sunt,

Liv. 34, 24, 2; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 18:

subicere aliquid tutelae alicujus,

Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 38:

filios suos parvos tutelae populi commendare,

id. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

dii, quorum tutelae ea loca essent,

Liv. 1, 6, 4:

quae suae fidei tutelaeque essent,

id. 24, 22, 15:

publicae tutelae esse,

id. 42, 19, 5; 21, 41, 12:

te Jovis impio Tutela Saturno Eripuit,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 23:

ut dicar tutelā pulsa Minervae,

Ov. M. 2, 563:

dique deaeque omnes, quibus est tutela per agros,

Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 41:

ut te generi humano, cujus tutela et securitas saluti tuae innisa est, incolumem praestarent,

Plin. Ep. 10, 52 (60).— With gen. obj.:

loci,

protection, Just. 41, 5, 3.—

In partic., jurid. t. t., the office of a guardian, guardianship, wardship, tutelage of minors, insane persons, etc.:

tutela est, ut Servius definit, vis ac potestas in capite libero ad tuendum eum, qui propter aetatem suā sponte se defendere nequit, jure civili data ac permissa,

Dig. 26, 1 (De tutelis), 1: tradere aliquem in tutelam alicujus, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193:

in suam tutelam venire,

to become one's own master, come of age, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180; Dig. 37, 11, 8, § 1; Cic. Top. 10, 44; id. Brut. 52, 195; 53, 197; id. Inv. 2, 21, 62; Gai. 2, 179; Nep. Eum. 2, 1;

rarely in the order, in tutelam suam venire,

Cic. Inv. 2, 42, 122: tutelae suae fieri, Sen. Ep. 33, 10:

fraudare pupillum, qui in tutelam pervenit,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 16:

alicujus tutelam accipere,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 17:

ad sanos abeat tutela propinquos,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 218:

rei publicae,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85:

tutelam filiorum servo committere,

Just. 4, 2, 5:

tutelam pupilli suscipere,

id. 30, 2, 8:

gerere,

Val. Max. 6, 6, 1:

nancisci,

to become guardian, Just. Inst. 1, 12, 6:

administrare,

Dig. 26, 7, 3, § 2:

reddere,

ib. 5, 1, 2, § 3.—

Transf., concr.

Act., like our watch, of that which guards or protects, a keeper, warder, guardian, protector (mostly poet.):

(Philemon et Baucis) templi tutela fuere,

Ov. M. 8, 711: prorae tutela Melanthus, i. e. the pilot at the prow, = proreta, id. ib. 3, 617:

o tutela praesens Italiae (Augustus),

Hor. C. 4, 14, 43:

(Achilles) decus et tutela Pelasgi Nominis,

Ov. M. 12, 612:

rerum tutela mearum Cum sis (shortly before: curator a praetore datus),

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 103.—Of the image of the tutelar deity of a ship:

navis, cujus tutela ebore caelata est, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 76, 13; Lact. 1, 11, 19; cf. Sil. 14, 543; Petr. 105 and 108.—Of the tutelar deity of a place, Petr. 57; Auct. Priap. 37; Hier. in Isa. 57, 7; Inscr. Orell. 1698 sq.; 1736.—

A remedy against, cure:

si qua est tutela podagrae,

Grat. Cyn. 478.—

Pass., of that which is guarded or protected, a charge, care.

In gen. ( poet.):

virginum primae puerique claris Patribus orti, Deliae tutela deae,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 33:

Lanuvium annosi vetus est tutela draconis,

Prop. 4 (5), 8, 3:

sit, precor, tutela Minervae Navis,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 1 sq. —

In partic., in jurid. lang., that which is under guardianship or tutelage: in officiis apud majores ita observatum est: primum tutelae, deinde hospiti, deinde clienti, tum cognato, postea affini, a ward, Massur. ap. Gell. 5, 13, 5.—Of the property of a ward:

mirabamur, te ignorare, de tutelā legitimā... nihil usucapi posse,

Cic. Att. 1, 5, 6:

nihil potest de tutelā legitimā sine omnium tutorum auctoritate deminui,

id. Fl. 34, 84; Dig. 26, 7, 5.